List of Governors of Utah

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Number of Governors of Utah by party affiliation
Party	Governors
Republican	10
Democratic	6

The following is a list of the Governors of the State of Utah and Utah Territory.

Utah Territory was organized by Act of Congress on September 9, 1850.

Brigham Young 1850-58
Alfred Cumming 1858-1861
John W. Dawson 1861, Democratic/Republican
Stephen Selwyn Harding 1862-63, Liberal
James Duane Doty 1863-65, Democratic
Charles Durkee 1865-69, Free Soil Party/Republican
John Wilson Shaffer 1870
Vernon H. Vaughan 1870-71
George Lemuel Woods 1871-75, Republican
Samuel Beach Axtell 1875, Democratic
George W. Emery 1875-1880
Eli Houston Murray 1880-86
Caleb Walton West 1886-88
Arthur Lloyd Thomas 1889-93
Caleb Walton West 1893-96

The State of Utah was admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896.

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Lieutenant Governor^[1]	Notes
1	Heber Manning Wells	January 6, 1896	January 2, 1905	Republican	None
2	John Christopher Cutler	January 2, 1905	January 4, 1909	Republican	None
3	William Spry	January 4, 1909	January 1, 1917	Republican	None
4	Simon Bamberger	January 1, 1917	January 3, 1921	Democratic	None
5	Charles Rendell Mabey	January 3, 1921	January 5, 1925	Republican	None
6	George Henry Dern	January 5, 1925	January 2, 1933	Democratic	None
7	Henry Hooper Blood	January 2, 1933	January 6, 1941	Democratic	None
8	Herbert Brown Maw	January 6, 1941	January 3, 1949	Democratic	None
9	Joseph Bracken Lee	January 3, 1949	January 7, 1957	Republican	None
10	George Dewey Clyde	January 7, 1957	January 4, 1965	Republican	None
11	Calvin Lewellyn Rampton	January 4, 1965	January 3, 1977	Democratic	None Clyde L. Miller
12	Scott Milne Matheson	January 3, 1977	January 7, 1985	Democratic	David S. Monson
13	Norman Howard Bangerter	January 7, 1985	January 4, 1993	Republican	W. Val Oveson
14	Michael Okerlund Leavitt	January 4, 1993	November 5, 2003	Republican	Olene S. Walker	^[2]
15	Olene Smith Walker	November 5, 2003	January 3, 2005	Republican	Gayle McKeachnie
16	Jon Meade Huntsman, Jr.	January 3, 2005	Incumbent	Republican	Gary R. Herbert	^[3]

^ The office of Lieutenant Governor was created in 1976.
^ Resigned to take a seat on the Secretary of Health and Human Services
^ Governor Huntsman's first term expires in 2009; he is not yet term limited.

v • d • e Governors of Utah
Wells • Cutler • Spry • Bamberger • Mabey • Dern • Blood • Maw • Lee • Clyde • Rampton • Matheson • Bangerter • Leavitt • Walker • Huntsman

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Territorial executives	American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Northern Mariana Islands • Puerto Rico • United States Virgin Islands
Defunct	Pre-state territories • Panama Canal Zone • Philippine Islands • Cuba

	v • d • e State of Utah Salt Lake City (capital)
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